here are a few shots of the gantry. I can hear a few of you right now...a wooden gantry that big?? Well my family has always been woodworkers i'm about that only one that does a little bit of work metal work on a Smithy 3 in 1 that we have so I went with wood. It is all made out of baltic Birch ply and is very rigid. The slot along the front of the gantry will house the lead screw and will have some sort of belows to cover it and keep the dust out. Also you can see the Igus E-chain that will cary the power, encoder wires and the vacum hose. |